Your savory breakfast links:
- Be sure to tune in for Japers’ Rink Radio tomorrow morning at 10:00 (or download the show thereafter) with special guest Dan Steinberg – sure to be morbidly entertaining.
- Professor Masisak grades the goalies and suits. [CSN Washington]
- Alex Ovechkin was voted a Ted Lindsay Award finalist (formerly the Lester B. Pearson Trophy, which Ovechkin has won in each of the past two seasons). [Capitals]
- George McPhee was named a finalist for the inaugural General Manager of the Year award (catchy title). [Capitals, Puck Daddy, StC]
- Speaking of GMs, a look at each current general manager’s record. [TheScore.com]
- Eric Fehr was one of the playoffs’ best third-liners (which would be consistent with his regular season). [Puck Prospectus]
- ReCAPSule: Joe Corvo. [Capitals]
- Catching up with John Carlson and Karl Alzner in Hershey. [Caps Today]
- And the Caps Calder goes to… well, click to find out. [RtR]
- Did Ted Leonsis really “[throw] Bruce Boudreau into a fiery pit” with this blog post? [Elliotte Friedman]
- Speaking of Gabby, he at last night’s Nats game. [TwitPic, TwitPic]
- Jose Theodore and Mike Green are good dudes. [CSN Washington]
- Stretch gets the star treatment. [StC]
- Stefan Della Rovere is headed to Hershey (presumably to skate with the Black Aces). [Colts]
- Per the HHoF, on this date back in 1994, “Don Beaupre became the Washington Capitals‘ All-Time leader in playoff wins, with his 18th, in a 4-2 win over the Rangers, in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals. Beaupre passed Pete Peeters, who had won 17 playoff games for the Caps.” Olie Kolzig came along a few years later and bested Beaupre’s mark, ending up with 20 playoff wins, which is ten more than Semyon Varlamov currently has.
- Finally, happy 31st birthday to Lawrence Nycholat and happy 54th birthday to Tony Cassolatto.